The Great Race
 

For all in The Villages on Sun. the 29th of June, The Great Race will end in Sumter Landing starting at 3pm, see you all there. You can go on there web site at www.greatrace.com :BigApplause:

Somebody PLEASE youtube this.
I have followed this for years.

We have been following the Great Race too. In CT right now and will be in The Villages to see them when they arrive.

If you have Facebook, they have a Facebook page and you can follow them with their posts. They have a video of President George H.W. Bush seeing them off in Maine.

The ending for the great race is on Sunday not Saturday.

Do you have a link?

Z

Don't have a link, but if you have Facebook, do a search for "Great Race" and when you see the page, click "like" and it will be on your news feed.

They give daily updates on where they are stopping for lunch and where they are doing overnight stays.

Found it thanks

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My facebook skills are minimal at best. I think I have it but I will know when I see a response on my News feed.

Z

I heard there is a $10,000 entrance fee. WOW

$5,000 private entry fee, $50,000 grand prize and $150,000 total purse.

Cisco Kid and ZCaveman and everyone else that wants to keep up with their progress, also go on Facebook and "like" Hemmings Motor News FB page. They are also posting lots of updates.

Thanks, I did that.

I liked them plus I liked The Great Race.

Thanks,
Z

Only 6 more days for The Great Race, it ends in Sumter Landing next Sunday the 29th, see you there.

They are in NC
 

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Do they time each segment? Wondering how it works.

Video
 

Found out that the Villages Region of the AACA was responsible for bringing it here to The Villages this year. Over 15,000 spectators from all over Florida are expected to converge on Lake Sumter Landing, Sunday. I found this neat video on their website HERE. Wow-weee! Fun!

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Yup, it's more of a "Road Rally" than a Race. All back roads for 9 days. 96 cars are still running. The first one is due here at 3:20 PM, then 30 seconds apart, roughly.

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The Villages Twirlers and Drum Corps will be there to celebrate.
And hey, Miss Kitty is going to crash some mean cymbals!

Darn!!!! After all the time I have been anticipating watching the cars come in, I just found out that I have to be in Orlando Sunday and Monday :cryin2: :cryin2:

Someone please take pictures and post them on TOTV!!!
Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMp2Iy9nLTc

Here's the lineup of cars at the beginning...how exciting!

WE hardly EVER go to the squares because of seat saving and stuff. This is one thing we would love to see. I wonder where we could park the cart to observe them driving by that wouldn't be all crowded up and in someone's way.

With all of the advertising and the likelihood of non-villagers attending, I doubt if here will be a good place to observe them unless you get there really early and stake out a spot.

Z

Perhaps the Sun will print a map of their route into TV and it might be better to park out of the Square to see them come by.

Route from Ocala
 

Does anyone know how they are coming in from Ocala? Will they be coming in on Morse Boulevard or Buena Vista? Maybe watching from golf carts along that route would be a good spot so as not to be trampled in the squares! If you know, would you please post! Thanks.

I am in Ca working and will miss this event. It sounds great to see the vintage cars and the exciting climax to this race.

I'm especially dissapointed about missing it because my hubby will be driving my Ca Roadster in the procession welcoming them!

We didn't know about the event until he was approached on the golf course Sat and asked to attend the vintage car show Sat night. At the car show on Sat he found out that some 20-30 local vintage cars and the Ca Roadster Golf Cart club will lead the cars from the Great Race to the awards ceremony. What fun!!!

Wish I could be there! If you see the procession, my cart is the red one with the surfboard on top! Wave to Bill as he goes by. I'd love a photo too if possible!

I'll just be working on the left coast and having a little pity party! Haha!!

Great Race Route
 

Still not sure if they will be coming in on Morse or Buena Vista, but the final entrance into LSL wil be Canal Street to the finish at the square. I think we'll head down around Noon and get a spot somewhere up past the BBQ place.

If you missed yesterday's car show, you missed a good one!

Today there will be some local collector cars in the square area, and as they arrive the Great Race cars will be on display there, too. The best experience will be to brave the crowds and be there for all the fun.

Our Model T Ford club will have 2 cars there. We'll be parked in our assigned spot just after 10 AM. We may take in a movie while we wait until the race cars start rolling in at 3:30. Parking will be restricted because of the cars on display.

Drive your golf cart. Cart pool if you can. If you come with another cart park bumper to bumper (front to back). Get there early, go shopping, have lunch and enjoy the scenery! It will be HOT like yesterday, so come prepared. All cars from local clubs and the race cars are to leave at 6 PM.

Look for me and my Huckster Wagon woody and Kevin with his bright red Speedster.

John

When we came out of Sumter Landing last night many of the parking areas around the town were already closed off, and the weather forecast for today is calling for heat indexes in the triple numbers and it is only going to cool down this evening into the 80s.

The Great Race

For those of us who did not brave the heat and humidity, this is a good website with pictures from yesterday's Sumter Landing events. A relative of ours in upstate NY knew that the cars were coming to TV and sent the link. Talk about wall to wall people!

Was just amazed of the ages of these cars to make it from Maine to Florida. So nice to have the ending here in The Villages. I tip my hat, to all involved to make this happen. Really enjoyed the show, even though the temp reached 95

Papa Larry it was 97 and the humidity was AWFUL. We abandoned the whole thing about four and never saw Kitty with her Cymbals. We did see at least half a dozen women with LONG JEANS and long sleeved tops and buttoned to the neck and wearing high heels .(Must have been new to Florida and new to The Villages). I was about to MELT.

The cars were awesome and the folks sitting around us were too. We came about two and found a bench on Canal and made new friends.

It was hot and fun. I love this place. Good Morning everyone.

Hot !!! you have that correct, but it was so much fun to see all the cars and people enjoying themselves.. the whistles when the cars crossed the finish line.. I was also amazed by some of the clothes people were wearing..we left before the mass exodus , but we had great time.. I just love living here !!!

Rarely do we stumble onto a history-making event. I want to thank Baltimore Guy for starting this thread. Otherwise I would have missed the experience.

I actually yelled this at one of the cars inhabitants. "You don't know it but you just reached Paradise!" Sweetie just shook his head.

What an event. I am glad we didn't miss it.

2014 Great Race Awards Banquet Highlight Reel - YouTube

This youtube video gives the highlights of all the stops during the Great Race with video in The Villages at the end.

Enjoy, it was a fun time there even though the temperature was close to 179 degrees :)

It was pretty cool to see those cars yesterday. We got to City Fire at 11:30 to get a good seat. Had a great time. Loved it when the cars drove off at 6:00. A lot of them were revving up their engines. It was a fun day.

Any chance that they will be doing something like this again? Perhaps next year. Great call by the villages auto club. More things like this would be fun!